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respectably

respectably adverb: in a respectable manner; so as to gain respect.

Adverb

respectably (comparative more respectably, superlative most respectably)

  1. In a respectable manner; so as to gain respect.
    • A respectably attired solicitor came to read the will.
    • The house was built in Elizabeth’s time, and is a large, regular brick building—heavy, but respectably looking, and has many good rooms.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 115
  2. Moderately; pretty well.

respectably meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

respectably in Tamil

மதிக்கத்தக்க, அளவில் மதிப்புடன்

respectably in Malayalam

മര്യാദയായി, സാദരം, വിനയപൂർവ്വം, ഉദാരമായി

Forms of respectably

comparativemore respectably
superlativemost respectably

Origin of respectably

From respectable + -ly.

Questions about respectably

What does respectably mean?
Respectably means in a respectable manner; so as to gain respect.
What is respectably in Tamil?
Respectably in Tamil is மதிக்கத்தக்க, அளவில் மதிப்புடன். See Respectably meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is respectably?
Respectably is an adverb.

Words near respectably in the dictionary

  1. respectables
  2. respectablize
  3. respectablized
  4. respectablizes
  5. respectablizing
  6. respectably
  7. respectant
  8. respected
  9. respecter
  10. respecter of persons
  11. respecters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: respectably (page history and authors); respectably (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); respectably (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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